Team

Norichika KANIE (Chair)

Professor, The Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University

Adjunct Professor, United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability

Before joining Keio, he worked at the Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology, the Tokyo Institute of Technology, and the Department of Policy Studies, at the University of Kitakyushu. From August 2009 to July 2010, he was Marie Curie Incoming International Fellow of the European Commission and a visiting professor at Sciences Po, Paris.

He serves various committees and steering groups, including co-chair of Future Earth SDG Knowledge Action Network (KAN); a scientific steering group member of the Earth System Governance project; a commissioner of the Earth Commission; a member of the SDGs Promotion Roundtable Meeting, established by the Japanese government under the SDGs Promotion Headquarters; a member of the Expert Study Group for the Promotion of SDGs by Local Governments for Japanese Cabinet Office.

His recent publication includes Norichika Kanie, “SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals)”, CHUKORON-SHINSHA.INC., 2020; Norichika Kanie (eds.), “Governing through Goals: Sustainable Development Goals as Governance Innovation”, MIT Press, 2017; Norichika Kanie, et.al., ‘Rules to Goals: The Emergence of New Governance Strategies for Sustainable Development, in Sustainability Science, Volume 14, Issue 6, 2019, pp.1748-1749. He has been appointed by the UN Secretary-General as a member of fifteen independent scientists to prepare the 2023 Global Sustainable Development Report.

Rika IKEDA (Network Manager)

Researcher, Cyber Civilization Research Center, Global Research Institute, Keio University

After completing her Master’s degree at Keio University Graduate School of Media Design, she is currently pursuing a PhD at the same institution. Alongside her doctoral studies, she is a researcher at the Asia-Pacific Resilient Society Working Group within the Cyber Civilization Research Center at Keio University Global Research Institute. She is also a board member at LODU Co., Ltd., a company that develops and provides educational games and workshops related to SDGs. She is active in the field of technology-enhanced learning, and her current research project is designing digital tools and activities to support learners in connecting non-formal and short-term educational programs offered in an inter-university network in the Asia-Pacific region to further learning and career opportunities.

List of SDSN Japan Leadership Council Members

NameAffiliation
Yasuko KameyamaProfessor, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Shunsuke ManagiProfessor, Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University
Junichi FujinoProgram Director, Center for Sustainability Integration
Misuzu AsariProfessor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, International Center for Research and Education
Shun KawakuboProfessor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Design and Engineering, Hosei University
Atsufumi YokoiProfessor (Director), Okayama University Global Engagement Office (OUGEO)
Tokutaro HiramotoProfessor, Department of Business Administration and Information, Faculty of Informatics, Kanazawa Institute of Technology
Mari NodaProfessor, Department of Contemporary Social Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ibaraki University
Masahisa SatoProfessor, Faculty of Environmental Studies, Tokyo City University
Mari KosakaAssociate Professor, Department of Social and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Tokai University

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